St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-26
A Proposition That If Adopted Would
Make the House ] urnal Eagerly
Sought After.
Bills in Large Quantities and on Various
Topics, Important and Unimportant,
introduced.
Anti-Saloonists Advise Repu bItcan
Legislators to Make High License
Party Issue.
Several Important Railroad and
Warehouse Measures introduced
Into the Senate.

! Tile house yesterday when Speaker Merriam
raped for order, signifying the failure of
just so many members to get back from
| their homes after the three days holiday
1t would make interesting reading if the
house should order printed in the Journal
In the same manner as the regular proceed
1ngs-the reasons why members do not re-
port at roll call. Especially would this be
appreciated when the members have their
recesses on hoIidays-adjou over from
Friday until Tuesday tor instance-and
the member who will offer a bill
to bring about such an innovation
will so Irvine himself about the hearts of his
fellow citizens that they will elect him to
any Office within their gift or indorse him
for anything that his soul yearns for TINS
list of absentees would not be so large dailv
If this plan was adopted, and the public in
terests would be greatly benefited. OF
course there would be some racy reading;
but if anything can be done to tighten and
brighten the pages of the journal certainly
nobody can object. The experiences of the
members during these vacation periods
might also furnish subjects of rare appro-
priatenesS for illustrations in the Police
Gazette; but this would follow as a natural
result, and a member who would not be
willing to take his chances in such an
emergency would not be worthy to repre-
sent constituency in Minnesota. There
should be bill introduced at once to print
the excuses of absentees i'll the journal
daily-the excuses to be made in writing
and attested before notary public.
There was large amount OF business
transacted yesterday in the way of intro
ducton of bills. But four were passed.
! however and none were debated Six or
eight committees held sessions in the after
noon and evening, and made good headway
III clearing away the mass of business that
is gradually accommodating despite their
most industrious efforts to keep up with it.
| The Judiciary committee submitted reports
on a large number of bills-mostly of a ia
vorable nature-but few of them, however,
of general character. The majority of
the committee reported favorably on Don
nelly's bill providing for annual sessions of
the legislature. Potter and Barker sent in
minority report favoring biennial sess ons
OF ninety days. The matter went over for
future consideration. Tie speaker added
tour members to the apportiOnment COM
mlttee. and announced the committee of
seven to ascertain the approximate cost of
| the construction of the several railroads Of
the state and their present value Mr..
Keyes introduced an important bill provd-
ing for the punishment of those who con-
! Spire or combine together to monopolize anv
market for food products in the state or to
restrict or interfere with the freedom of
| such markets. The bill provides as follows:
IL any two or more persons, either as indi-
vldualS or as officers or members of any com
pauy or corporation, conSpire or combine to-
gether to mOnopoliZe any market for food
products in this state, or to restrict or inter-
fere with the freedom of such market each
OF them is guilty of q felony and shall, on
! conviction thereof be punished by imprison-
ment in the state prison not less than one nor
more than five years.
1t was claimed, on the part of some mem
bers of the judiciary committee, that the
provisions of DOnnelly's amendment to the
constitution should be enacted as a law, and
not as a constitutional amendment. as it
could furnish no remedy for existing evils
within two years. This bill is intended to
reach the evil complained OF whether the
amendment is adopted or not.
Mr.. Donnelly INTRODUCED three bills of i'm
pOrtance: To fix maximum charges upon
| the transportation of wheat and its products
| upon railroad lines; requiring foreign cor
porationS to file their articles of incorpora-
ton with the secretary of state and i'm
posing certain conditions upon such corpora
lions doing business in Minnesota; and re-
pealing chapter Is of the session laws of
1885 relating to forfeited lands. One went
to the committee on railroads and the others
to the committee ON judiciary Mr..
Swartwoudt, of Rice, introduced the familiar
bill for the consideration of two alleged
claims of W. II. Dixie. This bill was passed
two years ago and vetoed by the governor.
The amount involved is 1880. The bill
introduced by Mr.. Swartwoudt relating to
the claims of T. Fl. Loyhed and Eugene
Guilbault is of similar import. The house
also adopted a memorial to congress for an
appropriation of SIS, 600 for survey of
lands connecting Lake Superior with the
st. CroiX river. This is the canal plan dis
cussed before the st. Paul chamber of COM
merce on Monday last
TURNED ON THE STEAM.
The Judiciary committee made reports on
the following bills:
To aid in the defense of certain suits
brought by railroad company against set
tiers upon lands embraced in the deed of re-
liuquishment made by the state, with an
amendment. Recommended to pass.
Giving preference in appointment and en-
ployment to honorably discharged Union
soldiers and sailors. Referred to committee
on labor
Providing for private conversation between
attorneys and prisoners. Recommended to
pass.
To amend statutes relating to county at.
torneys Recommended TO pass.
In relation to fees of jurors in iustica
courts. With substitute and recommended
to pass. Placed on file for second reading.
Relating to causes for which new trials in
civil actions may be granted. Recommended
to pass,
To exempt undertakes and their assistants
from jury duty. Amended and recommended
to pass.
To attach certain territory to Marshall
county. Recommended to pass.
For the better protection of railroad
switches. Recommended to be indefinitely
postponed. Mr.. Potter had it placed on file
for second reading.
Providing for summoEing witnesses for de-
PENDANTS in criminal cases where defendants
are destitute of means to pay therefor
Amended and recommended to pass.
To reduce the expenses of suits in the dis
trict and supreme courts to enable plaintiffs
to obtain justice. Amended and recon-
mended to pass.
Providing for written charges to .juries in
criminal cases. Indefinitely postponed.
Relating to SALARY of treasurer of Isantf
county. Recommended to pass
To exclude pc Sons from the trials of causes
of a scandalous or obscene nature Amended
and recommended to pass
To prevent the corruption of public officers
DT railroad corporations. Amended and roo
commended to pass.
providing for n revision aud eotlneation or
the probate laws OF Minnesota. Amended
and recommended TO pass
providing for annual sessions of the lesis.
lature. recommended 10 pass. \ minority
report-sfgned by Potter and 9arker.Nwss
submitted opposing annual sessions, bur
favor1ng biennial sessions of ninetv days
Both reports were ordered printed.
Inc committee en- railroads reported